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Aarset, Eivind [website]

• 1984 - guitar on Greger's album Her Inne (Silje chorus)
• 1992 - guitar on Bjørn Eidsvågs' album Til Alle Tider (Silje chorus)
• 1995 - acoustic guitar in the song Så Nær, Så Nær and acoustic bass in En Og En and (album Brevet)

 

Arnesen, Rune [website]

• 1990 - drums in Move Along, Ruby, Welcome To Another Day and Waltz For You (album Tell Me Where You're Going)
• 1994 - drums in the song Så Seile Vi På Mjøsa (album Med Blanke Ark, homage to Alf Prøysen)
• 1996 - percussion (album Hjemmefra)

 

Asplund, Peter [website]

sometimes guest musician in concerts with the Silje Nergaard Band

• 2001 - trumpet in Keep On Backing Losers and At First Light (album At First Light)
• 2003 - trumpet/flügelhorn in Dance Me Love, Take A Long, Long Walk, This Is Not America and Be Gone (album Nightwatch)

  

Bendiksen, Håvard

• 2007 - in the summer that year he took over from Bjørn Charles Dreyer in the Silje Nergaard Band
• 2009 - Silje Nergaard Band (album A Thousand True Stories)

 

Berglund, Kristin

the blues singer Kristin Berglund (1953-2006) died, almost 53 years old, in a tragical fire-accident around her house in August 2006

• 1986-1988 she and Silje were performing as the Blue Girls
• 2007 - mentioned in the booklet from the album Darkness Out Of Blue: ''Thank you to Kristin Berglund, my generous companion and friend from the very beginning."

 

Berntsen, Hilde Ottem

• 2000-now - make up and styling (photo shoots and live performances)

 

Bratberg, Hallgrim

sometimes guest musician in concerts with the Silje Nergaard Band

• 2003 - guitar in Borrowing Moons (album Nightwatch)
• 2007 - guitar in some songs (album Darkness Out Of Blue)

 

Brækhus, Stein Inge [website]

• 1986-1988 - member, playing the drums, of Silje's band Mellow Yellow
• 1993 - in a trio to accompany Silje in the TV show Scene 2

 

Busch, Anders 

• ...-2006-... lighting man Silje Nergaard Band

 

Carstensen, Stian

• 1999-2005 - played (accordionist) several times in the Silje Trio, on drums was Thomas Strønen (later Jarle Vespestad)

 

Dreyer, Bjørn Charles

before 2004 he sometimes was guest musician (guitar, pedal steel) in concerts with the Silje Nergaard Band

• 2004-2007 - member Silje Nergaard Band
• 2007 - Silje Nergaard Band (album Darkness Out Of Blue)

 

Eggum, Jan [website]

• 1988 - wrote music, lyrics and was leadsinger of the song Utenfor (7"single Aids-aid) together with Silje, Bjørn Eidsvåg and Sidsel Endresen; the song was also on three of his later albums (Dacapo, Mang Slags Kjærlighet - 40 Sanger and 30/30)
• 1995 - wrote lyrics for the songs Vill and Et Eller Annet Sted on the album Brevet
• 1996 - wrote lyrics for the songs Gå En Annen Vei and Hvem Er Du on the album Hjemmefra
• 2001 - singing his song Ta Meg Med together with Silje on his 50-year-celebration-concert in Oslo

 

Eidsvåg, Bjørn [website]

• 1985 - also performer at the Norwegian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest
• 1988 - singing Utenfor at the single Aids-aid (the song later also was on three of Jan Eggums' albums)
• 1989 - concert at a National Scout Meeting; Silje is singing in the choir
• 1992 - chorus together with Silje on his album Til Alle Tider

 

Erlien, Audun [website]

• 1985-1990 - member of Silje Nergaard's Band
• 1988 - involved with preparations for a new record (For Harde Livet! or Tell Me Where You're Going?)
• 1989 - musician Does Anybody Care? (For Harde Livet!)
• 1990 - Silje Nergaard Band (album Tell Me Where You're Going)
• 1991 - playing in several tracks (album Silje)
• 1998 - involved in proof recordings of songs in more of a 'pop' direction (producer Georg Wadenius)

 

Fodnestøl, Jørn [website]

• 1983(-1984?) - bass player, playing together with Silje in her band and in duo for a while

 

Garretson, Tom [website WildStar World, Oslo]

• 1998-2003 - manager 

 

Graff, Svein Jarle

• 2000(?)-now - sound technician concerts Silje Nergaard Band

 

Gustavsen, Tord [website]

• 1998-2005 - playing in the band with Silje
• 2000 - Silje Nergaard Band (album Port Of Call)
• 2001 - Silje Nergaard Band and co-writer of the music of some songs (album At First Light)
• 2003 - Silje Nergaard Band (album Nightwatch)

 

Guttormsen, Finn

• 2005-now - member Silje Nergaard Band (bass, guitar) in the fall in 2005
• 2007 - Silje Nergaard Band (album Darkness Out Of Blue)
• 2009 - Silje Nergaard Band (album A Thousand True Stories)

 

Harket, Morten

• 1989 - both at a concert of Bjørn Eidsvåg, Morten as guest-singer and Silje in the choir
• 1991 - duet Where You Are (album Silje), also as a tracks on some compilations
• 1992 - together with Silje in Germany singing Where You Are in two TV programs, and some promotional activities, all foregoing the German release of the album Silje

 

Holand, Ulf W.Ø.

• 1989 - mixing, the song Does Anybody Care? (promo single For Harde Livet!)
• 1995 - producer, recording and mixing (album Brevet)
• 1996 - mixing (album Hjemmefra)

 

Hultin, Randi

prominent Norwegian jazz critic; she died in March 2000

• 1983 - she wrote an article in Dagbladet entitled 'Sangfunnet Silje', the discovery of Silje at Moldejazz
• 1990 - mentioned in the booklet from the album Tell Me Where You're Going: "special thanks"
• 2000 - mentioned in the booklet from the album Port Of Call: ''My sincere thanks to Randi Hultin for her continued interest and support over the years" (Note: Randi Hultin died just a couple of days before the Norwegian release of this album)

 

Iversen, Håkon

• 1985 - background vocal (in quartet) at Norsk Melodi Grand Prix in the song Si Det, Si Det
• 1988 - backing vocals together with Silje on Karoline Krügers' album Fasetter
• 1988 - chorus together with Silje on Björn Eidsvags' album Vertigo
• 1992 - chorus together with Silje on Björn Eidsvags' album Til Alle Tider
• 1994 - producer (album Med Blanke Ark, homage to Alf Prøysen)
• 1996 - producer and mixing (album Hjemmefra)

 

Johnsen, Harald

• 1999-2005 - member Silje Nergaard Band
• 2000 - Silje Nergaard Band (album Port Of Call)
• 2001 - Silje Nergaard Band (album At First Light)
• 2003 - Silje Nergaard Band (album Nightwatch)

 

Kleive, Audun [website]

• 1984 - drums (7"single One Of These Mornings)
• 1988 - drums/percussions in the song Utenfor (7"single Aids-aid)

 

Køhn, Sigurd [website]

Sigurd and his son died during the tsunami catastrophy in Thailand in 2004; Silje and her family, close friends of Sigurd, also were in Thailand when the tsunami struck the island where they were staying.

• 1988-1989 Sigurd played the sax in the Blue Tuesday Band (BTB), the Smuget house band in Oslo, in which Silje on and off participated (in the years 1987-1990). Members of the BTB in these years where musicians like: Audun Erlien (bass), Knut Reiersrud (guitar), Per Kolstad (keyboard), Staffan William-Olsson (piano?), Freddy Dahl (vocals and guitar)  and Totto Hansen (drums), altough the line-up was not the same constantly. Smuget, a venue in Oslo at Kirkegaten 34, was opened in 1985.

 

Lien, Helge [website]

• 2005 - member Silje Nergaard Band (piano) since November 2005
• 2007 - Silje Nergaard Band (album Darkness Out Of Blue)
• 2009 - Silje Nergaard Band (album A Thousand True Stories)

 

Lindgren, Magnus [website]

• 2000 - arrangement and musician (album Port Of Call)
• 2001 - arrangements (album At First Light)
• 2003 - musician and arrangements in several songs (album Nightwatch)
• 2007 - musician and arrangements in several songs (album Darkness Out Of Blue)

 

Lofthus, Torstein [website]

sometimes in Siljes Band as replacement for the drummer Jarle Vespestad

• 2007 - drummer in When Judy Falls (album Darkness Out Of Blue)

 

Lystad, Kåre Skare [website Engine Ears]

• 1995-2000 - sound-engineer for live sound in Norway and Germany 

 

Maddock, Malcolm (Mal)

• 1991 - playing in the Band with Silje in the Heian Shrine in Kyoto
• 1993 - playing the piano in some songs on the album The Art Of Romance

 

Mendoza, Vince [website]

chief conductor of the Dutch Metropole Orchestra; did arrangements for Joni Mitchell 's album Travelogue (2002) with the London Symphony Orchestra, that Silje inspired to contact him

• 2007 - arrangements for Paper Boats and Let Me Be Troubled (album Darkness Out Of Blue)
• 2008 - concert with the string orchestra and the rhythm section of the Dutch Metropole Orchestra in Amsterdam; in August 2008 an album will be recorded

 

Metheny, Pat [website]

• 1989? - introduced Silje to the producer Richard Niles; Silje had met Metheny twice after his concerts in New York (1988/89?) where she gave him a cassette with the song Tell Me Where You're Going
• 1990 - special guest musician (album Tell Me Where You're Going)
• 2001 - in concert together at Moldejazz

 

McGurk, Mike (Michael Deegan)

• 1997 till nowadays - lyricist of many songs from the albums since

 

Niles, Richard [website / Rhythm & Bookings, London]

• 1990 - started (Januari  16.) the label Lifetime Records Ltd, together with Graeme Perkins, to release Silje's single Tell Me Where You're Going and later work
• 1990 - producer, arrangements, musician and co-writer of music and lyrics of some songs (album Tell Me Where You're Going)
• 1991 - producer, arrangements, musician and (co-) lyricist of some songs (album Silje)
• 1991 - vocal arrangement for Silje's song Glude Jul on the album Når Nettene Blir Lange
• 1993 - all programming song All Over Town and lyrics of some songs (album Cow On The Highway)
• 1993 - English lyrics for Silje's song Like My First Love on the album The Art Of Romance
• 1995 - vocal arrangements Vals Til Deg, Hvor Du Skal Gå, Hvem Er Du and Vill (album Hjemmefra)

 

Perkins, Graeme [Rhythm & Bookings / Pennies Music, London]

• 1990 - started (Januari  16.) the label Lifetime Records Ltd, together with Richard Niles, to release Silje's single Tell Me Where You're Going and later work
• 1990 - mentioned in the booklet: special thanks to Graeme Perkins, "who makes it fun" (album Tell Me Where You're Going)
• 1991 - booking of musicians by Graeme Perkins Music (album Silje) and mentioned in the booklet, special thanks to him and others, "for giving me the time of my live"
• 1993 - executive producer (album Cow On The Highway)

 

 

Reiersrud, Knut [website]

• 1986 - musician with the Blue Girls, Moldejazz
• 1988 - involved with preparations for a new record (Tell Me Where You're Going?)
• 1989 - music Does Anybody Care? (For Harde Livet!)
• 1990 - Silje Nergaard Band (album Tell Me Where You're Going)
• 1991 - Silje Nergaard Band?; musician in I Need Your Love and Well Be Friends Tomorrow (album Silje)

 

Reithaug, Bertil [website Krag.net]

• 1982 - leader of the Krag Jørgensen Band, singer/songwriter who asked Silje to sing a duet with him for their album Grenseland, probably her first recording, that was released (Januar 1983)

 

Sandberg, Kristín A. [website Sankrian.no, Norway]

• 1995 - lyrics of some songs (album Brevet)
• 1996 - lyrics of some songs (album Hjemmefra)

 

Sandnes, Bjørn

Bjørn, playing the guitar, started the band HamJam in the beginning of 1982, a band with a musical profile somehwere between pop/rock and jazz, doing covers and some original compositions.

• 1982-1984 - Silje joined HamJam in September 1982 as lead-singer and left the band early fall 1984; within the own compositions of the band also some songs were made by Silje; other members of this band during that time: Jan Kola (trumpet and flügelhorn), Kjell Arne Engen (tenor and alto saxes), Tom Larson (trombone), Erland Dalen (keyboards), Ole Jacob Håkonsen (bass guitar) and Lage Thune Børresen [now called Lage Thune Myrberget] (drums)

 

Skår, Reidar

• 1986-1988 - member of Mellow Yellow
• 1989 - music/musician Does Anybody Care? (For Harde Livet!)
• 1990 - Silje Nergaard Band (album Tell Me Where You're Going)

 

Skorgan, Anita

• 1985 - also performer at the Norwegian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest
• 1998 - she and Silje started an a capella duo, shortly after that transformed into a quartet joined by Rita Eriksen and Marianne Antonsen (later called ' Queen Bees'); Silje left the quartet when she went solo again in 1999

 

Strønen, Thomas

• 1999-2001? - played (drums) several times in the Silje Trio (later Jarle Vespestad took over?); the accordionist was Stian Carstensen
• 2001 - drums on Blame It On The Sun and At First Light (album At First Light)

 

Suurna, Alar [All Arts Recording; website studio Shortlist Analog, Stockholm]

• 2000 - mixing (album Port Of Call)
• 2001 - mixing and recording horns (album At First Light)
• 2003 - mixing and recording horns (album Nightwatch)
• 2007 - recording and mixing (album Darkness Out Of Blue)
• 2008 - mix of the song Nothing Compares 2 U (50-year anniversary album with covers from Prince songs Shockadelica)
• 2009 - recording and mixing (2008) Silje and Metropole Orchestra (album A Thousand True Stories)

 

Svenre, Pål

• 2007 - co-producer, recording strings and for some songs musician, arrangement and backing vocals (album Darknesss Out Of Blue)
• 2009 - co-producer (album A Thousand True Stories)

 

Totland, Heine [website]

Silje's husband, singer, solo and in the Norwegian male choir Gli Scapoli (later the group State); played leading parts in musicals; sometimes performing together with Silje, for instance at some Christmas concerts

• 1996 - Silje's House Band (album Hjemmefra)
• 1997 - Til Sol Maria (duet with Silje) at Vinjor's album Sjonglør
• 2000 - vocals Dream A Little Dream (album Port Of Call)
• 2002 - Silje composed Crying Shame and (including lyrics) Leaving on the album State from the group State
• 2003 - background vocals You Send Me Flowers (album Nightwatch)
• 2003 - second vocals I Don't Want To See You Cry (album Nightwatch)
• 2005 - Silje singing a duet, We Were Runners, on Heine's solo album Tough Times For Gentlemen and also writing music of this and two other songs
• 2007 - backing vocals in some songs and additional engeneering (album Darkness Out Of Blue)

 

Torp-Holte, Pernille [website Unit Management, Oslo]

• 2004-now - manager

 

Trønsdal, Viveke [websites Dugg and Hope Hair, Oslo]

• 2000-now - Silje's personal hairdresser in all projects

 

Vespestad, Jarle

• 1998-now - member Silje Nergaard Band
• 1999 - in set, with Silje and Stian Carstensen playing in Bø, Norway
• 2000 - Silje Nergaard Band (album Port Of Call)
• 2001 - Silje Nergaard Band (album At First Light)
• 2003 - Silje Nergaard Band (album Nightwatch)
• 2007 - Silje Nergaard Band (album Darkness Out Of Blue)
• 2009 - Silje Nergaard Band (album A Thousand True Stories)

 

Vinjor, Nils Einar

• 1989 - musician Does Anybody Care? (For Harde Livet!)
• 1990 - Silje Nergaard Band and co-music-writer of some songs (album Tell Me Where You're Going)
• 1993 - Silje Nergaard Band (album Cow On The Highway)
• 1995 - Silje Nergaard Band and co-producer (album Brevet)
• 1996 - Silje's House Band (album Hjemmefra)
• 1997 - Silje sings some sounds in Til Sol Maria (with Heine Totland) at Vinjor's album Sjonglør; this song was recorded in the studio ('Dur og Moll') from Silje and Heine
• 1997 - gig together in Eidsvoll, Norway
• 2001 - musician Lullaby to Erle (album At First Light)
• 2003 - musician This Is Not America (album Nightwatch)
• 2007 - musician The Diner (album Darkness Out Of Blue)

 

Wadenius, Georg ('Jojje') [website]

• 1998 - producer of some demosongs
• 2000 - guest musician (album Port Of Call)
• 2001 - guest musician concerts Silje Nergaard Band and The Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra
• 2001 - producer and arrangement Blame It On The Sun (album At First Light)
• 2003 - producer and guitar in You Send Me Flowers and Borrowing Moons (album Nightwatch)
• 2005 - producer and arrangement (compilation album Be Still My Heart - The Essential)

 

Wasserman, Jeff

• 1990 - co-writer of lyrics of some songs (album Tell Me Where You're Going)
• 1993 - co-writer of lyrics of some songs (album Cow On The Highway)
• 2006 - webmaster siljenergaard.com
• 2009 - co-writer of lyrics of some songs (album A Thousand True Stories)

 

Wesseltoft, (Jens) Bugge [website]

• 1988 - key-boards in the song Utenfor (7"single Aids-aid)
• 1992 - keys on Bjørn Eidsvågs' album Til Alle Tider (Silje chorus)
• 1994 - piano in the recorded song Så Seile Vi På Mjøsa (album Med Blanke Ark, homage to Alf Prøysen)
• 1995 - Silje Nergaard Band (album Brevet)